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Agenda: The Public Lands During The Remainder Of The 20th Century: Planning, Law, And Policy In The Federal Land Agencies, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

Conference organizers and/or speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Charles F. Wilkinson.

Public land management has undergone major changes in recent years in response to the greatly increased planning responsibilities mandated by Congress.

Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning Law and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies looked at management and planning issues related to seven major resources in the public lands: timber, rangeland, minerals, wildlife, water, recreation, and preservation values. Charles F. Wilkinson, Professor of Law, University of Colorado, gave a luncheon talk on "Public Land Planning: Will …

Final Offer Arbitration: Time For Serious Consideration By The Courts, Charles Adams

Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works

This article examines final offer arbitration and recommends its use in court-annexed arbitration programs, which are now operating or being considered in a growing number of federal and state courts. The first portion of the article analyzes the process of the settlement of lawsuits and gives some reasons why settlements are not always reached expeditiously. Next, the article analyzes the final offer arbitration process and shows how it may promote settlement. The last portion of the article examines empirical data on the efficacy of final offer arbitration in promoting settlement. The empirical data comes from two sources: laboratory experiments and …